hello, i'm gareth barlow. we start in australia, where the spanish women's football team are celebrating, following their 1—0 victory over england in a gripping world cup final. there wasjubilation among the spanish players as they lifted the trophy — crowned champions for the first time. they were joined by spain's queen letizia, who was in sydney for the match with her teenage daughter. cheering. in spain itself, this was the reaction at the fanzone in madrid as the whistle blew at full time. and this, the message from the spanish prime minister on x — formerly twitter... the only goal of the game came from the spanish captain olga carmona, who got past goalkeeper mary earps in the first half.

in london, there were tears, hugs and disappointment for the lionesses, who were looking to become the first england senior side since the men's team in 1966 to win the world cup. in a statement, king charles said... the tournament has broken attendance and tv records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women's game around the world. translation: this is for women's football, for women's history. - they deserve it. we must keep pushing and giving visibility. translation: it's a double success. we managed to be world champions, but this is going to motivate a lot of young women to play football and other sports. it's wonderful. translation: i've been playing football since i was little. - i feel like i was them. i wish i was there to celebrate. it's so exciting.

and let's hearfrom the england coach, sarina wiegman. of course everyone was very disappointed that we didn't win the game. at the other hand i think we can be very proud of ourselves, only it doesn't feel that way at this moment, that takes a bit of time because now the most, the disappointment is the most what you feel, but everything we've done, how we have grown into the tournament, the challenges we had before the tournament, during the tournament, how we have adapted to situations, and we have given everything what we could, in this tournament, and also in this game. well the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil was watching in sydney. i was looking at them as they watched la roja lift that world cup trophy, you could see the motion, you could see the emotion, some had tears in their eye, a little boy said i cannot believe that this has happened, this is a team that that has been

through so much turmoil off the pitch, so much disagreement between coach and players, and yet, they have come through, they have gotten better in that tournament and here they are, world champions, new world champion, their name a new name is now etched on that world cup trophy. this fan zone has been the hub of so many motions throughout the tournament. huge heartbreaks, achievements, triumphs and celebrations, nail—biting penalty shoot—outs, that we have lived through, upsets that no—one expected. often the england fans were outnumbered here but today, they had a strong presence, you could hear the cheers and the jeers for the lioness, they leave disappointed. this is not the night they wanted yet they are very proud of their team. this is a tournament that has changed the game for women's sport, and for women's football, you can see kids now, with jerseys of the player, they have become household names, and the hope is that this will now gain momentum for more

investment in women's football and women's sport. spanish fans have been celebrating, with passion, their team's victory for a few hours. it's spain's first women's world cup victory — joining only four other nations who've lifted the trophy, since the tournament began in 1991. jenny hill reports now from madrid. they dared to hope. and they got their dream. history made and a moment to savour. "we've won at last", he says. her words, "history, history, finally. " well, you can see just how thrilled they are. you know, there are so many young people here. and for many, this is a moment which they'll remember

for the rest of their lives. even the queen of spain couldn't contain her excitement, celebrating with the squad. their victory — all the sweeter after months of a very public falling out between coach and players. and back home, this win matters. spain's football—mad, but the men tend to steal the show. translation: the women are as good as the men. i they make the same effort. we should give them more support. they give us the same joy. it's a beginning that we are winning. more people are interested. today's the day the women can finally get the sport that they deserve. reveling in their triumph and hoping the spoils of victory extend far beyond the pitch. jenny hill, bbc news, madrid. begona villarrubia is a spanish journalist and a co—founder of associacio wise — an organisation promoting

presence of women in sport. she's been giving me her reaction to spain's win. it is historic for spain to have this title, i think it is very important for the future of the woman in the sport, in the football, because they, there are many years ago that they are fighting for many things, and that are —— they are fighting for more visibility, for more important, and it is very very important this title for all the women, and all of for the sport in spain. women, and all of for the sport in sain. ., ., ., ., spain. you mention than fight for examle spain. you mention than fight for example here _ spain. you mention than fight for example here in _ spain. you mention than fight for example here in the _ spain. you mention than fight for example here in the united - spain. you mention than fight for - example here in the united kingdom, women were banned from playing football by the fa back in 1921, it was a ban that lasted for 50 years, from your perspective in spain, how can you leverage the world cup, how can you leverage the world cup, how can you leverage the world cup, how can you make the most of it to

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here in important matters people are supporting that team, in another class, less important like levante or valencia, class, less important like levante orvalencia, it class, less important like levante or valencia, it is difficult to have many peoples in the stadiums, but, i have to say that in this final, it has been hundreds of tvs, in many, many cities, that supporters had been incredible, the tv has been an audience of two million person in tv, so i think it can be the beginning of a very important thing in ecuador is choosing a new president after a campaign marred by the assassination of one of the candidates. the authorities have deployed more than a 100,000 police and soldiers to protect the vote. our south america correspondent, katy watson, has been giving us the latest from the capital, quito.

i was walking to a coloneljust now who said they had been deployed to voting centres from wednesday, normally it would only be just over the weekend, but they have had to beef up security, when we entered one of the voting centres, they were checking our bag, checking everybody coming in, so certainly there is that increased presence of police, and military personnel here, in quito and on the coast, in places, certainly that is everyone, there is more security there, but those are the areas that have been particularly hard hit, because of violence and increased organised crime over the past few year, so thatis crime over the past few year, so that is something they are taking very seriously in this vote today. polls close in a few hours' time, katie, and then the real hard work begins for whoever is successful as a result of this election, considering the rise of violence, considering the rise of violence, considering the rise of violence, considering the political assassinations, there has not been just one, there has been several over the course of the campaign, is

there the political will to get ecuador beyond the situation that it currently finds itself in? weill. ecuador beyond the situation that it currently finds itself in?— currently finds itself in? well, it is a lona currently finds itself in? well, it is a long process, _ currently finds itself in? well, it is a long process, first - currently finds itself in? well, it is a long process, first of- currently finds itself in? well, it is a long process, first of all- is a long process, first of all these elections were actually called early after the current president dissolved the national assembly because he was trying to avoid an impeachment vote. so the person voted in in these elections will only be ruling for 18 months so very many people feel what can be done in that time. but these are the first round of election, so, it is looking unlikely that any candidate will win enough, they have to win either 50% of the vote or 40% of the vote with a lead of 10%, so, it doesn't, speaking to people here, they don't expect this to not go through to a second round, that would take place later in october. october. there a lot of doubts over how exactly things can be tackled when it comes to crime, given the drug cartels

seem to be strong at the moment here, in ecuador, people really doubting what politics can achieve. but certainly speaking to people who have been voting out today, they feel it is very much part of their duty hand is something they feel strongly about, to try and make for a better ecuador. like you say the president called this snap poll to try and avoid impeachment. is there any indication and it depends who wins this poll as to what might happen with regards to that process?— that process? well, i mean everybody's _ that process? well, i mean everybody's looking, - that process? well, i mean everybody's looking, he - that process? well, i mean everybody's looking, he is. that process? well, i mean i everybody's looking, he is not standing, so, the impeachment process has been pulled, because of, because he dissolved the national assembly, so, moving on, it would be, you know, exactly what happens with the next president who takes, who takes office, i mean, it has been particularly messy politics over the last year or so, it has been a very difficult few years for ecuador, it was hit very badly by

the pandemic, corrupt politics over the pandemic, corrupt politics over the last few year, all of these things have add odd the woes of ecuador, and speaking to the candidates on the campaign trail, thatis candidates on the campaign trail, that is something they want to change, they want to change, you know, give more opportunities to ecuadorian, because one wan dad said if you don't give opportunities to ecuadorians that is giving jobs to the cartels who can pay you know, a great summer of money to be be able to get people on their side, that is something that ecuador is struggling with, trying to give people mexico's north—western coast has been hit by high winds and heavy rains as storm hilary makes landfall. there's been flooding in santa rosalia in the baja california region. some houses have been submerged. elsewhere, there have been landslides. the tropical storm is expected to cross into the us state of california on sunday. forecasters have warned it could dump 25 centimetres of rain — that's a year's worth — in southern california and southern nevada. there's already been heavy

rainfall in las vegas. our north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles and explained more. well, the storm in many respects has already arrived in los angeles. we have had torrential rain here for the last few hours, so, that shows that this is a storm that as the authorities have been warning everyone in this city, a storm that is packing a punch. the centre of the storm is still several hours away, working up the pacific coast, but the fact we have had this rain already, and i am in the northern part of los angeles, it shows that there is a lot of rain to come when it heads north through the city, and perhaps even affecting neighbouring states as well. and i think people are bracing for that, but probably not for several hours to come. people are making a lot of preparations here, those people living near hill sides, that might have been burned in wild fires over recent months, doing everything they can, to shore up those hills, so that when this vast quantity of rain comes in a relatively short space of time, that those hill sides are not vulnerable.

it is a testament to our changing climate, peter, because we have talked on many occasions about wild fires, droughts in the region, decades long, reductions in rainfall and now this year, we have talked about record levels of snow and now potentially a year's worth of rain in a short period of time. how is the region responding, being able to cope with this changing climate now? well, it is perplexing to a lot of people. here we are in august, i have lived here for more than 25 year, i can't remember a year when there has been any rain in august. this is a freak event though, and you can't necessarily correlate what is happening with the course of this hurricane with climate change. yes, there are tangible changes, the ocean is warmer than usual,

a bit further south, off mexico, the ocean temperatures off california are about the same, and they affect how a hurricane moves through a region. normally something like this, a hurricane would in effect be blown out to the ocean, and we wouldn't feel the effects here on land. so things are clearly very different and people are just having to adapt to these very different situations. it is still the wild fire threat, if you want to talk about climate change, that probably is the biggest problem still facing this state. these very intense, look at what is happening in canada, the very intense wild fires that we get here this is an event, this storm that is passing through, it is something that will last for about 2k hours. the canadian government is sending soldiers to tackle fast—spreading wildfires in the province of british columbia, where tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. there are currently more than 400 wildfires burning across the area. firefighters warning the next few days, will be difficult, as wyre davies reports.

there 0h there oh my god. there are more than 1,000 wild fires — there oh my god. there are more than 1,000 wild fires rage _ there oh my god. there are more than 1,000 wild fires rage throughout - 1,000 wild fires rage throughout canada. desperate scenes in parts of the country, as homes and lively hoods are consumed by the advancing fire, there is particular concern in the western province of british columbia where 30,000 residents have been ordered to leave their homes of, even more, have been told to be ready to evacuate at any moment. the town of kelowna to the west of vancouver is being threatened by an advancing inferno, the nearby lake no barrier to fire, as strong winds carry embers across the water, setting fire to homes and buildings on the other side. don't travel to the region is the advice from the local authorities. that the region is the advice from the local authorities.— the region is the advice from the local authorities. at this time, we are strongly _ local authorities. at this time, we are strongly recommending - local authorities. at this time, we are strongly recommending that l are strongly recommending that people with plans to travel to fire affected areas throughout the central interior and south—east in the coming day, to cancel those plans. we need tourists and

travellers to take this situation as seriously as the residents of these areas do. ., ., ., areas do. further north the town of yellowknife — areas do. further north the town of yellowknife has _ areas do. further north the town of yellowknife has been _ areas do. further north the town of yellowknife has been evacuated. i yellowknife has been evacuated. 20,000 people leaving injust yellowknife has been evacuated. 20,000 people leaving in just two day, a huge effort and some spoke of the devastation they had driven through, to escape.— the devastation they had driven through, to escape. when we are drivin: , through, to escape. when we are driving. most _ through, to escape. when we are driving, most of _ through, to escape. when we are driving, most of the _ through, to escape. when we are driving, most of the high - through, to escape. when we are driving, most of the high way - through, to escape. when we are j driving, most of the high way site it is burned down, so all the trees are black, i think it's the internet line, the poles are down, and we still see smokes coming out. iliiuiith still see smokes coming out. with more gusty _ still see smokes coming out. with more gusty winds _ still see smokes coming out. with more gusty winds forecast, towns across the region are still under threat, in a country well prepared for dealing with forest fires, resources are stretched to the limit. specialist firefighters from overseas are arriving to help, and for those who can't move freely, the canadian air force is airlifting people to safety. as officials urge residents in areas under threat to take immediate action to save their own lives, the canadian government

said it was sending in the armed forces to help deal with the crisis. ukraine's president has thanked the leaders of denmark and the netherlands — for agreeing to supply f—16fighterjets — and to train ukrainian pilots. president zelensky climbed into an f—16 at this air force base in denmark — alongside the country's prime minister. it comes after the us gave the green light to send us—made f—16s to kyiv. the danish prime minister, mette frederiksen, gave a timetable for the delivery of f—16s. well, the screening is going on now. the training will soon be starting, and hopefully, around new year, the first group of planes will be leaving denmark, going to ukraine, around six. and then, hopefully, next year, eight more planes are leaving denmark for ukraine. and then, the year after, five planes. russia 5 first lunar mission in nearly 50 years, has ended in failure, after its spacecraft,

crashed into the moon. the unmanned luna—25 module, was supposed to land at the south pole of the moon, but experienced problems as it moved into pre—landing orbit. our correspondent, will vernon, has that story. russia's first mission to the moon for almost 50 years. lunar 25 blasted off on the 11th august. hopes were high that russia would be the first country to land on the south pole of the moon. but today, the russian space agency broke the bad news. lunar 25 had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would reestablish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but

russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions, but also, because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not civilian space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation. after russia's full scale invasion last year, international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide authorisation, if the developers work in isolation, even if they have 20 years like they had with the lunar globe, and luna 25, it is still not enough.— lunar globe, and luna 25, it is still not enough. and india is in the race now, _ still not enough. and india is in the race now, too. _ still not enough. and india is in the race now, too. this - still not enough. and india is in the race now, too. this is - still not enough. and india is in the race now, too. this is due i still not enough. and india is in. the race now, too. this is due to touchdown on the moon on wednesday, if india succeeds that will be another blow to russia's reputation in space.

more now on the women's world cup, with our reporter natalie pirks — who joined england fans watching the match at wembley stadium. the lionesses may have been thousands of miles away, but at the home of english football, belief was high. 100%! enjoying the noisy build up were some of the original lionesses from 1972, the first women to play after a 50—year ban. 50 years ago, we just never imagined anything like this would ever happen. what we started, they'll bring it home and there's future lionesses in this room as we speak. perhaps like little tess from wakefield, whose dancing at the euros last summer made front page news. but it was spain who drew first blood. we'd been here before.

at half—time, fans had faith. there's 45 minutes left. i think we can do it. all day long, we got this. but when spain were awarded a penalty, some couldn't watch. others sensed a comeback. cheering. mary earps, the best goalkeeper in the tournament, the woman whose shirt you can't buy, with a priceless save that had the whole country on its feet. in the newcastle sunshine, in the pubs of grimsby. .. ..and with families in staffordshire, all were now fully paid up members of the earps fan club. it wouldn't be enough, though. prayers were offered up, but england couldn't bridge the gap to an exuberant spain team that seemed to have all the answers. as the lionesses sobbed in sydney, their heartbreak was replicated at home.

gutted that we didn't manage to get the world cup. however, so proud of our girls, like, they have done phenomenal. will you carry on supporting the lionesses? yeah, just because someone loses something, it doesn't mean you shouldn't still believe in them to do other things. they're great for women's football, just from them in this country. - it'sjust unbelievable and i'm forever proud of them. - they've done really well. pride was also the overriding emotion for those whose shoulders the current squad stood on. they couldn't have done any more. i don't think we can ask any more of them. we're still so proud of them, yeah. well done, spain. bobby moore's statue stands proudly here as a symbol of �*66. when the european champions are commemorated, it will serve as a reminder that pain is temporary but class is permanent. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. commiseration to england, congratulations to spain, if you want all of the post tournament analysis, then head to the bbc sport

website, you can also get the app on your phone or tablet. i'm gareth barlow, thank you for we close out the story with sop sunshine and warmth we saw highs of 26 in suffolk, now, mixed fortune, with our week ahead, in fact, we are going to start off monday under this air auf o high pressure but low pressure over the next few days will dominate further north and that will bring rain, some heavy at time, early morning patchy low cloud, mist and fog will quickly fade away, across england and wales with the light south—westerly breeze, the sunshine will start to kick in and take over, but further north and west, some of that rain attorney heavy through northern ireland and north—west scotland a wes close out

the afternoon, here only 17 degrees but the highest values further south of 25 celsius, that is 77 fahrenheit. now, as we go through monday evening and over into tuesday, we will see that rain turning patchy as it pushes its way steadily southwards, we have a lot of cloud round, we keep the temperatures round 1a, 15, under clearing skies, maybe 12 or 13, but that weather front could bring a spot or two of light rain into northern england, but hind it there will be some showers on tuesday, a breezier day, not quite as warm, again, 19—21 degrees but we keep the sunshine across central an southern england, 25 celsius once again, as we push through the middle part of the week, there is another weather front pushing in across the south—west, still under the influence of low pressure further north so it's a messy story through midweek, we could have a bit of patchy rain through wales, into the midlands but this frontal system is the dividing line between some humid

air pushing up from the south, highs of 26 degrees possible and noticeably fresher air further north, 16 listen 18 at the very best. but it is the fresher air that will win out as we go through towards the end of the week, low pressure drifts just that bit further south and east, north—westerly wind direction will take over, and that is going to push that warm russet tone, temperatures in their mid 20, it will push it back over to the near continent so that fresher feel will arrive for all, our our week ahead will be rain at times into the north, warmerfor the

this is bbc news — the headlines... spanish football fans have been celebrating their team's victory in the final of the women's world cup in australia. they beat england 1—0 in a closely—fought final in sydney — to win the trophy for the first time. hundreds of millions of people watched the match on television. it was a hugely disappointing result for england's lionesses — who were also hoping for their first ever world cup win. messages of sympathy have poured in for the team. king charles said england's "place was set in the history books" — while rishi sunak described them as game—changers. ecuador is choosing a new president after a campaign marred by violence — including the assassination of one of the candidates. police and soldiers have been deployed to safeguard the vote.

the snap poll was called after the president dissolved parliament in an attempt to avoid being impeached. now on bbc news... this cultural life: nicola benedetti. nicola benedetti, one of the world's great violinists. she's been playing since the age of four, and at 16, won the bbc young musician of the year award. the winner of the 2004 young musician of the year is nicola benedetti! cheering and applause. she's now renowned for the passion of her live concerts. for her work with contemporary composers, including a grammy—winning collaboration with wynton marsalis, and setting up her own musicalfoundation. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start.

i knew very young there was no question i wanted